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Sea Squirt, Carpet

Didemnum sp

Sea squirt, Colonial ascidian

Invertebrate

Chordata

Ascidiacea

Didemnidae

Rocky Reef Subtidal
Rocky Reef Subtidal
Rocky Shore Intertidal
Rocky Shore Intertidal

Feeding:
Filter Feeder
Filter Feeder
Distribution:
Southern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Edibility:
Inedible
Inedible
Size:
Outstretched Arm Sized
Outstretched Arm Sized



Colonial seasquirts are made up of many individuals. Often confused with sponge. Textures of these colonies are slimy and gelatinous.


It is found from the very low tide zone to the sub tidal zone.Lives encrusting on rocks or seaweed stipes and blades.


Filters tiny plankton out of the water.


They reproduce by broadcast spawning. It is often associated with other compound sea squirts and sponges.




Between the Tides : Bradstock